40-698,  Chatanooga Choo Choo

Chatanooga Choo Choo had the serial or tail number 40-698.  It was transferred from India in July 1942.  Its original RCL was #5, which she wore from July 15, 1942 to November 6, 1942.  She flew 19 missions as #5

Following the creation of the 376th HBG in November 1942, her RCL was changed to #52. She flew 2 missions.

She was salvaged November 27, 1944.

Missions Flown


Group      Date      A/C # and   Mission Target         Pilot
Mission #               letter

  1 22   7/15/1942   5      Benghazi Libya                     Willard Fountain
  2 34   7/28/1942   5      Suda Bay Crete                     George Uhrich
  3 36   7/30/1942   5      Suda Bay Crete                      Robert Paullin
  4 37   8/  1/1942   5 D   Convoy Mediterranean         Max Fennell
  5 40   8/24/1942   5 D   Tobruk Libya                      Norman Appold
  6 44   9/  3/1942   5 D   Convoy Mediterranean         Norman Appold
  7 45   9/  7/1942   5      Convoy Mediterranean         Mark Mooty
  8 46   9/  9/1942   5 D   Tobruk Libya                      Norman Appold
  9 48   9/13/1942   5      Benghazi Libya                     Martin Walsh, Jr
10 49   9/16/1942   5      Benghazi Libya                     Homer Adams
11 50   9/22/1942   5      Benghazi Libya                     Norman Appold
12 51   9/27/1942   5      Benghazi Libya                     John Toomey
13 52 10/  1/1942   5      Convoy Mediterranean         James Sibert
14 55 10/11/1942   5 D   Convoy Mediterranean          John Toomey
15 60 10/20/1942   5 D   Tobruk Libya                        John Medford
16 63 10/26/1942   5 D   Convoy Mediterranean         George McGuire
17 67 11/  1/1942   5 D   Maleme Crete                     Paul Long
18 69 11/  4/1942   5 D   Benghazi Libya                     William Dwyer
19 71 11/  6/1942   5 D   Benghazi Libya                   George Uhrich
20 78 11/26/1942 52 D   Tripoli Libya                      Norman Appold
21 80 11/29/1942 52 P   Tripoli Libya                        Jackson Clayton

Liberandos Patch

376 ARCHIVES

The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.

At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

Donate directly to the 376 Endowment

To read about other endowment donation options, click here.


My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2024

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando